Are You an Expert Meeting Leader?

It can be sobering to consider that real-world business situations are often neglected in school coursework.

In research conducted by author Rick Gilbert, executives reported 67% of their meetings to be failures. So maybe it’s time to brush up on real-world skills. Starting with meeting leadership.

We’ve rounded up eight resources to build your curriculum for an advanced degree in leading productive meetings.

BooksGo old-school and find a book that speaks to you, then dig in to deepen your skills. Some of our favorites:

Meet Like You Mean It: A Leader’s Guide to Painless and Productive Virtual Meetings by Wayne Turmel

Virtual meetings are unavoidable these days, and they present special challenges. Mastering virtual will definitely put you ahead of your peers.

Death by Meeting: A Leadership Fable…About Solving the Most Painful Problem by Patrick Lencioni

We love the fable approach Lencioni uses to show his points. In this classic, he turns traditional meeting practices on their heads.

Powerfully Simple Meetings: Your Guide for Fewer, Faster, More Focused Meetings by Peter Kidd and Bryan Field

The premise here is appealing. Meetings are most painful when they’re needless, endless and rambling. Time to fix that.

Videos

Sometimes visual learning is just what’s needed.

Level 10 Meeting for Entrepreneurial Teams

The Level 10 system features a dynamic agenda not unlike that recommended by Death by Meetings.

8 Tips to Run a More Effective MeetingWhile you might know the basics already, affable Kyle Ingham helps you become inspired again to do meetings right.

Classes

These courses may cost a bit out-of-pocket, but introductory trials run from free to cheap.

Lynda.com

Monthly subscriptions after the 10-day free trial start at $25 a month. But you’ll find great classes such as business coach Dave Crenshaw’s “Leading Productive Meetings and “Leading Productive One-on-One Meetings.”

Udemy.com

This site’s meeting classes include “How to Run the Best Meetings Ever,” “High Payback Meetings for Startup Managers and Team Leaders” and “Mastering Sales Meetings.” Courses start at $14. Watch on any device.

Skillshare.com

Tune into classes like “Present on a Conference Call” and “Make Meetings Suck Less.” Premium courses begin at $0.99/month (first three months, unlimited). Watch either online and offline.

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